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1961 Cal Poly Pomona Broncos football team

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1961 Cal Poly Pomona Broncos football
ConferenceIndependent
Record6–3
Head coach
Home stadiumLos Angeles State field
Seasons
← 1960
1962 →
1961 NCAA College Division independents football records
Conf Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
Washington and Lee     9 0 0
Tampa     8 1 0
Mississippi Southern     8 2 0
Howard (AL)     7 2 0
Southern Connecticut State     7 2 0
St. Norbert     7 2 0
Arlington State     7 3 0
Northern Michigan     6 2 0
Sewanee     5 2 1
Cal Poly Pomona     6 3 0
Louisville     6 3 0
Montana State     4 3 1
Drake     5 4 0
Pacific (CA)     5 4 0
Wabash     5 4 0
Northeastern     4 4 0
Santa Clara     3 3 0
Buffalo     4 5 0
Norfolk State     3 4 0
Abilene Christian     4 6 0
Chattanooga     4 6 0
North Park     3 5 0
Union (NY)     3 5 0
Arkansas State     3 6 0
Trinity (TX)     2 7 0
Carnegie Tech     1 7 0
UC Riverside     1 7 0
Pepperdine     1 9 0
Rose Poly     0 8 0
Washington University     0 9 0

The 1961 Cal Poly Pomona Broncos football team represented Cal Poly Kellogg-Voorhis Unit[note 1] during the 1961 NCAA College Division football season. Cal Poly played as an independent in 1961.

Cal Poly Pomona was led by fifth-year head coach Don Warhurst. They played home games at Los Angeles State field in Los Angeles, California for the 1961 season only. The Broncos finished the season with a record of six wins and three losses (6–3). Overall, the team outscored its opponents 258–147 for the season.

Schedule

DateOpponentSiteResult
September 16at Los Angeles State[note 2]W 21–11
September 23Sacramento State[note 3]
W 27–12
September 30San Francisco State[note 4]
  • L.A. State Stadium
  • Los Angeles, CA
L 19–26
October 7at Redlands
W 35–14
October 14at San Diego Marines[note 6]L 14–28
October 21Pepperdine[note 7]dagger
  • L.A. State Stadium
  • Los Angeles, CA
W 26–14
October 28at Nevada
L 20–28
November 4at Arizona State College[note 9]
W 55–12
November 11San Diego
  • L.A. State Stadium
  • Los Angeles, CA
W 41–2
  • daggerHomecoming

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Team players in the NFL

No Cal Poly Pomona players were selected in the 1962 NFL Draft. [3][4][5]

Notes

  1. ^ California State Polytechnic University, Pomona (Cal Poly Pomona) was known as Cal Poly Kellogg-Voorhis Unit from 1957 to 1965. However, it was more commonly known as Cal Poly (Pomona).
  2. ^ California State University, Los Angeles (Cal State LA) was known as Los Angeles State College of Applied Arts and Sciences from 1947 to 1963.
  3. ^ California State University, Sacramento was known as Sacramento State College from 1947 to 1971.
  4. ^ San Francisco State University was known as San Francisco State College from 1935 to 1971.
  5. ^ This stadium is the predecessor to the current Ted Runner Stadium on the University of Redlands campus, which was opened for the 1968 season
  6. ^ The Marine Corps Recruit Depot (MCRD) in San Diego fielded a team that played against colleges and other military teams from 1922 to 1964.
  7. ^ San Francisco State University was known as San Francisco State College from 1935 to 1971.
  8. ^ This stadium is the predecessor to the current Mackay Stadium, which was opened for the 1966 season."University of Nevada, Reno; Mackay Stadium". Retrieved January 4, 2017.
  9. ^ Northern Arizona University was known as Arizona State College from 1958 to 1965.

References

  1. ^ "1961 - Cal Poly-Pomona". Retrieved February 23, 2017.
  2. ^ "Cal Poly Pomona football (1947‐1982)" (PDF). Retrieved February 23, 2017.
  3. ^ "1962 NFL Draft". Retrieved February 23, 2017.
  4. ^ "Cal Poly-Pomona Players/Alumni". Retrieved February 23, 2017.
  5. ^ "Draft History: Cal Poly-Pomona". Retrieved March 18, 2017.